Unexpected import while importing module

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I am trying to import 'setCORS' from a node module 'google-translate-api-browser' but i am getting the error SyntaxError: Unexpected token {

I already tried specifying type="module" in my main script file but it seems to have no effect.

import { setCORS } from "google-translate-api-browser";
//setting up cors-anywhere server address
const translate = setCORS("http://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/");

translate(original.textContent(), {to:'ne'})
  .then(res => {
  console.log(res.text);
})
.catch(err => {
  console.log(err);
});

Importing npm modules this way is only allowed in NodeJS, if you want to import modules from the web you need to use a relative path instead of the module name. — Olian04
– Olian04, Commented Aug 25, 2019 at 17:42
it's showing the same error even if i run it on a node server. — Yojan
– Yojan, Commented Aug 25, 2019 at 17:52
yes i installed it. but should i mention it on the package.json file too? — Yojan
– Yojan, Commented Aug 25, 2019 at 17:55
no that shouldn't be causing any issues at this stage. you mentioned you tried specifying type="module". That is only a thing in HTML script imports, which node doesn't use. How are you running the code? — Olian04
– Olian04, Commented Aug 25, 2019 at 17:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-10 16:28:51Z

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Looks like you installed the module on an incorrect path..... In the command line try (make sure youre in the main parent directory):

1.rm -rf node-modules
2. npm install --save google-translate-api-browser
3. npm install 
4. import  the module: import {setCors} from "google-translate-api-browser"
5. Test it out

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